# Re: Did the numbers for this list get reset?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50495>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 17, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50495 "2005-12-17T00:37:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50495/1 "2005-12-17T00:37:47Z")

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So long as this message doesn’t have a Mail-Count of 10101010, we’re OK.

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-did-the-numbers-for-this-list-get-reset/50495/2 "2005-12-17T00:40:50Z")

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Quoting removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid:

> So long as this message doesn’t have a Mail-Count of 10101010,  
> we’re OK.

Hmm. Now it’s got TWO X-Mail-Count headers. That’s not good.

Is there a reason for the listserv to preserve existing mail-count  
headers?

-mental